NF Text Structure
This structure is used to show how events happen in a particular order.
What is chronological order?
When an author's main goal is to make the reader laugh or enjoy the story, this is their purpose.
What is to entertain?
This term describes the central concept or primary argument presented in a nonfiction text.
What is the main idea?
This part of a book help you find specific information quickly, such as a list of topics arranged by the topics' page numbers.
What is the table of contents?
To determine something that isn't stated explicitly but helped understand the main idea, you often have to do this.
What is infer?
When an author presents a problem and describes how it was solved, they are using this structure.
What is problem and solution?
When the author wants to provide facts and information, their purpose is this.
What is to inform?
This involves summarizing a text by focusing on this aspect of each paragraph rather than supporting details.
What is the main idea?
These visual aids in nonfiction texts help to illustrate information in an easy-to-understand way.
What are charts and graphs?
In summarizing a paragraph, this typically is restated to capture its essence.
What is the topic sentence?
This text structure highlights the similarities and differences between two or more subjects.
What is compare and contrast?
The author writes to convince the reader to believe or do something. This is known as this purpose.
What is to persuade?
Finding this involves identifying the most important sentence that tells what the passage is mostly about.
What is the topic sentence?
This text feature gives the meanings of specialized terms used in the book.
What is the glossary?
When summarizing, it's important to use your own words and not copy from the text; this avoids this practice.
What is plagiarism?
Identifying this structure means understanding how a complex situation involves multiple causes and effects.
What is cause and effect?
An author might write to reflect on personal experiences. This is also considered a purpose.
What is to reflect?
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An author may include these three things to complement and enhance their main idea.
What are supporting details, evidence, and anecdotes for the main idea?
Found at the end of the book, this helps readers locate every occurrence of a topic in the text and is organized alphabetically.
What is the index?
Understanding a character's motives and the implications of their actions often requires this type of inference.
What is deductive reasoning?
A structure that defines a topic and provides related details, examples, or characteristics.
What is description?
When a writer crafts their work to explain a process or how something works, this is called this purpose.
What is to explain?
The topic is the general subject of a text, while the main idea is a specific statement or point the author wants to convey about that topic.
What is the difference between the topic and the main idea of a text?
This feature, often found at the beginning of chapters, can help set the scene or summarize upcoming content.
What are introductions?
When summarizing informational text, this strategy focuses on identifying who, what, when, where, why, & how to understand the main message.
What is using the 5 W+H strategy?